(CN) - Europe's high court ruled that France needs to step up its efforts to help survival of the European hamster, which has been nearly eradicated as a farmland pest. Characterized by a long black ...

European hamsters are now critically endangered and could go extinct within 30 years without action to save them, conservationists have warned. The rodents, a different species from hamsters commonly ...

PARIS — The Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the European Union’s (EU) highest court, ruled Thursday that France had failed to protect the great hamster of Alsace, sometimes known as the European ...

The New York Times puts it best: France was punished Thursday for not taking proper care of a 10-inch citizen. The European Union's highest court said that if France doesn't adjust its policies to ...

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You might want to hold Mr Snuffles extra tight tonight, because European hamsters have been added to a list of critically endangered animals. They are among the new additions, external to the ...

There are only a few hundred Great Hamsters of Alsace left in Alsace. The only wild hamster in Europe, the Great Hamster of Alsace (also known as the European Hamster), grows to be about 10 inches ...

In the Alsace region of France, actions are being taken to help save Europe’s last wild hamster. The rodent, which can grow up to 10 inches in length, is alternately referred to as the European ...

The European hamster is bigger than the petstore variety and has a black belly Courtesy of Wikimedia commons I would bet that for most people, hamsters are pets. We never think about them as wild ...

Researchers in France have discovered that a monotonous diet of corn causes hamsters to exhibit some unusual behavior—cannibalism. A new paper outlines the efforts of scientists at the University of ...

The French pride themselves on their superior cultural life, the je ne sais quoi that’s kept them synonymous with glamour, effortlessness and savoir-faire. That ineffable French-ness extends to all ...